Paul Dubrule Hotel and Tourism School

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The Paul Dubrule Hotel & Tourism School welcomes guests and supporters of the school to stay in their carefully appointed guest rooms. Only a few rooms are available but guests are welcome to encourage us and provide opportunities for training by staying at Paul Dubrule. Guest/student interaction is very important in the training programs and guests have full access to the school training restaurant. The school also has 24-hour security.

Paul Dubrule strongly believes that training and qualifications are the key to the future of each individual who can access them. In order to provide young Cambodians the opportunity to train in the skills of the hotel, restaurant and tourism industry, $1.3 million was spent to build a fully equipped, state-of-the-art training school.

Opening with full enrolment in October 2003, the school offers 5 certificate programs:

- Cooking and Cuisines
- Restaurant and Bar
- Front Office and Reception
- Housekeeping and Laundry
- Travel and Tourism Industry Services.

To reinforce practical and theoretical training, the school combines typical elements of a functional hotel with that of a college. There are eight theory classrooms equipped with audiovisual aids and practice facilities include a mock-up hotel front office, lobby area and three mock-up guestrooms for accommodation training.

The school simulates a true hotel environment by having a laundry and linen room and meeting rooms. It also includes fully equipped training kitchens, a 100-seater restaurant, a bar and a terrace overlooking the central garden. The students are taught by qualified and experienced teachers selected from France and other areas of Europe.

The school offers recruitment services to match employers with enrolled students who also take a career preparation program to help them prepare and apply for work within the industry.

This accommodation provider has taken action to address one or more issues (whether environmental, social or cultural) which will contribute positively to the long term viability of the destination and hence their site displays a Caring for the destination rating.

Main area of focus in Caring for the Destination:
Facilitating scholarship programs for underprivileged young Cambodian students wishing to enter the hospitality industry.

Detailed description of the Caring for the Destination Initiative:
Paul Dubrule inaugurated the school on October the 24th, 2002 at the end of an eight month long bicycle trip from Fontainebleau, France to Siem Reap, Cambodia. As co-founder of the Accor Hotel Group, Mr. Dubrule believes that excellent training and stringent qualifications are the key to the future of young Cambodians striving to contribute to a sustainable economy via tourism in their country.

The aim of Ecole Paul Dubrule is to prepare its students for a dynamic career in the hospitality and tourism industry by providing an appropriate curriculum, adapted to international standards, under the watchful tutelage of trained hotelier / restaurateur / culinary hospitality professionals. Located in Siem Reap, in the province of Angkor, near the temples of Angkor Wat, the school is professionally equipped to offer its students a realistic working restaurant and hotel environment in which to learn and hone their skills.

Due to the great influx of tourists to the historical site of Angkor Wat and elsewhere in Cambodia, employment opportunities for qualified people in the hotel, restaurant and tourism industry are increasing exponentially. This is enabling young people, both male and female, to raise their standard of living.

A large part of Cambodia's institutional infrastructure was destroyed by four decades of civil and international war. In 1979, only 300 qualified teachers remained in the whole of the country. With the Paris Peace Agreements (1991), Cambodia, together with the support of international partners, has put a real emphasis on rebuilding its educational system. Through the Ecole Paul Dubrule, young Cambodians have the opportunity to gain an education which will give them access to well paid jobs, and open up a new world of opportunities.

Since the beginning of the project, a firm commitment has been made to handing over the school to the Cambodian authorities in the medium term. The partners have all agreed that the development stages will be dedicated to identifying and to training Cambodian staff, who will go on to successfully take over key positions such as management and teaching, once the school has reached a satisfactory level of sustainability. In order to succeed, the project leader, Formation et Progrès is working with several partners, each of which contribute their specific expertise.

Currently in its fifth year of operation, the school is composed of three buildings comprising over 2000 square metres which include full professional kitchens, hotel and restaurants open to the public, seminar and catering services, eight classrooms, conference rooms and a full library.